If it was baseball, Malcolm Gladwell would be a really reliable hitter.
The Arena
Blessing of Unicorns: Elon’s salute, childlessness, free press, hopeful realism, Odesa, opera, and CA fires
A Blessing of Unicorns upon your day!
Kids at the inauguration and in other public spaces
Including kids and families in public events is good.
Today is 52nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade: my reflections in Mere Orthodoxy
To hate the vulnerable—and wish their destruction—has become so normalized in our society as to go without notice.
January 6th pardons
Almost all the 1500+ rioters have been pardoned by President Trump. What should we make of this?
The centenary of Lenin’s death–plus one
A forgotten centenary.
Chimes of freedom: On ‘A Complete Unknown’
For good storytelling, and good storytelling about storytelling, go see A Complete Unknown.
Blessing of Unicorns: Snow, secularist violence, winter poetry, Commonplace launch, and the love of family reading
One Unicorn could be just a figment of your imagination. Herd several together, and you get a Blessing of Unicorns upon your day.
Generation Beta beats: the ultimate labor playlist for moms-to-be
Labor and delivery needs a soundtrack–here are some suggestions for Gen Beta moms!
Roundup: reviews of Musa al-Gharbi’s ‘We Have Never Been Woke’
We may yet run a review at Current, but for the moment, a roundup of representative coverage elsewhere.
Diversity and David
Preaching on David reveals the difficulty of handling diversity in the church
It’s okay to say “soccer”
The history of the term should reassure us.
Blessing of Unicorns: home, neighborhood, AI, and more
This week’s Unicorns consider the love of home, kids doing chores in the neighborhood, the anti-human and anti-God arrogance of AI, and a lore more!
Right coding: who owns Homer anyway?
The right coding of Homer or the classics is really not helpful for anyone.
Enrollment is up for 1 in 5 evangelical colleges and universities: Christianity Today’s report last week
Mission matters.
Pretty boy Luigi
The story of “Pretty Boy Floyd” has parallels to the recent story of Luigi Mangione.
Reaping the whirlwind
Viereck saw this coming.
Blessing of Unicorns: the first of 2025!
Jimmy Carter tributes, reflection questions for recapping last year and planning for this new year, the writing life, John Wilson’s list of favorite nonfiction books of 2024, intensive parenting, family policy, and a response to ProPublica’s irresponsible blaming of pregnant women’s deaths on abortion bans.
Ideas in Progress interview: Agnes Howard on family history and the experiences of everyday life
Few topics seem as appropriate for discussing at the very beginning of a new year as family–the people who shape us and the people whom we shape in turn. And so, in this first Ideas in Progress interview of 2025, […]
Why, hello there, 2025!
This is a place for ideas.